Tama has meanings on three continents:

• Tama, Tokyo, a city in Tokyo
• Tama River, a river in Japan
• Tama Hills , a recreational facility of the U.S. Air Force in Tama, Tokyo
• Hosokawa Tama, a Japanese noblewoman
• Tama drums, a drum manufacturer
• Tama Nui-Te-Ra, the solar deity in Polynesian mythology
• Tama County, a county in Iowa
• Tama, Iowa, a city in Tama County, Iowa
• Tama soil , a type of dirt
• Tama language, a language of Africa
• Tama Janowitz, an American writer